Offers a tutorial on writing a cover letter, including sections on the format, what to include in a cover letter, organization, and questions to guide your writing.

Contains plans for lessons that teach about the letter M using a "Mystery Box" filled with items starting with M and the books "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" and "Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree" by Eileen Christelow. In...

Very specific advice on teaching the skill of handwriting to young children. Making correct letters, making letters the same size, and the slant of the letters are all stressed.

Contains plans for a lesson about writing draft letters, or reflective letters about pieces of writing that students are submitting to an instructor. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...

Students will state an argument with evidence, for or against, bats being removed from their environment by writing a letter to the editor and citing evidence for your claim.

Contains plans for three lessons that teach about writing friendly letters and parts of e-mails by asking middle schoolers to write to pen-pals around the world. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...

Contains plans for three lessons that teach younger students the differences between letter writing and e-mail writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...

Contains plans for four 50-minute lessons that ask students to write letters to the editor from the points of view of characters in books they have read. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains...

Contains plans for at least seven 20- to 30-minute sessions about alphabet books. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

In this online activity and activity, students actually "become" a character from a novel in their analysis of characterization. The activity uses the Scarlet Letter, but any novel can be used. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters, RL.11-12.3...

This lesson plan uses "Emily's Runaway Imagination" by Beverly Cleary in conjunction with writing a persuasive letter. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

In this very detailed lesson plan, learners will explore what life was like during colonial life in the late 1700s. Students will use what they have learned to write fictional letters to a cousin.

Contains plans for five cross-curricular lessons that teach about geography, reading, and writing by having young scholars send postcards to relatives and asking them to send postcards back. In addition to objectives and standards, this...

This student and teacher-friendly site provides insight into the letter of recommendation. In addition, the article discusses the elements of writing a good letter of recommendation.

This lesson focuses on how the Bay of Pigs invasion influenced the attitude of Fidel Castro towards Kennedy and the United States. Includes role play, discussion, and research. Students then write a letter from Nikita Krushchev to Fidel...

This resource includes information on the definition, purpose, audience, format, and types of memos.

This lesson plan enables learners to participate in a letter exchange designed to promote discussion on literature-based topics. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

A post-assessment at the end of a unit on global atmospheric change. Students write persuasive letters about an issue related to it, e.g., the greenhouse effect or ozone loss. The letters encourage the recipient to protect the atmosphere...

Article from the National Postal Museum on letter writing in America and how it became important as a tie between people exploring or settling in the new world and the sponsors or loved ones they left behind. With primary source material.

Practical lesson on students' use of the semicolon, modeled on Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."

An online resource for a variety of tools and topics concerning student knowledge and learning of the English alphabet. Includes lesson plan links, online tools, interactive games, and more.

This article by Jody Hanson explains how to write a briefing paper, a concise communication to keep people up to date on the status of a project and any changes.

The original text from the University of Chicago Press of a 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to James Duane, who later became a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, on the weaknesses of the existing U.S. government under the...

This student and teacher-friendly site contains provides the etiquette associated with obtaining a letter of recommendation. In addition, the article discusses the elements of a good letter of recommendation.